Latin Briefs

Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff warned Sunday that Washington’s interference in Venezuela is “extremely dangerous” and could provoke an armed conflict by Lucas Koerner Global Research “Our continent has been living in peace for 140 years. Any attempt to interfere in the legitimate constitutional process in Venezuela, including by forcing a presidential election, is extremely …

Maduro in Russia for the Moscow International Energy Forum by the El Reportero’s wire services The President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has proposed oil producing countries should discuss creating a currency basket for trading crude and refined products. “Developing a new mechanism of controlling the oil market is necessary,” he said on Wednesday at the Russian …

Coalition of 45 National Latino Organizations Launch Hispanic Heritage Month WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Sept.14, 2017, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of the nation’s 45 preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, woould rally with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in front of the White House to commence the Hispanic Heritage Month of Action …

Shipment may arrive Wednesday although US has not accepted the offer by the El Reportero’s wire services Mexican aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey will arrive in Texas this week although the United States government has not made an official announcement to accept it. Mexican authorities said assistance could reach the Lone Star State as …

by the El Reportero’s wire services Salazar community people, in Ocoyoacac Mexican district, demand today to know where several neighbors are, because they were abducted by the military and still their location is unknown. The first action adopted by protesters was to block Mexico-Toluca highway, and requested authorities to find their location and ask that …

by the El Reportero’s wire services Mexico has been the world’s largest distributor and the second-largest producer of child pornography for at least half a decade, and a new report on the situation suggests nothing has changed. The federal Congress called on state governments to strengthen their efforts against it after a report by the federal …

Editor’s Note: San Francisco is part of a coalition that signed onto a letter to President Trump, asking him to defend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from a potential court challenge led by Texas. by Rafael Bernal, The Hill WASHINGTON – Over 100 mayors and county officials from 35 states issued a …

by The El Reportero’s wire services and Marvin Ramírez The government of the president Enrique Peña Nieto starkly abandoned its traditional foreign policy doctrine Estrada after announcing its collaboration with the US government in its announced sanctions against Venezuela. Estrada doctrine The Estrada Doctrine is the name of Mexico’s core foreign policy ideal from 1930 …

But armed forces have agreed to mount operation against a local crime gang by the El Reportero‘s wire services It wasn’t long after the establishment of yet another self-defense group in Guerrero that representatives of the armed forces met with its leadership and agreed to go after local criminals. The spokesman for the new United …

by the El Reportero’s wire services A total of 708 cases of child abuse were reported so far in Guatemala by the Judicial Organization, said the newspaper La Hora on its website. In 2009, when the crime ‘Abuse against minors’ was included in the ‘Law against sexual violence, exploitation and human trafficking’, 26 cases were …